The Science When molecules are confined in optical cavities and strongly coupled to quantized electromagnetic fields, their properties can be modified in ways that require electronic structure approaches to predict these changes. Accurate modeling of these …
Through the Air Force Education with Industry (EWI) program, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is forging powerful connections between research, leadership, and industry. The program is driving forward the mission to build, sustain, and retain …
Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) plays a critical role in monitoring subsurface conditions during environmental remediation at Department of Energy sites. Deployed at locations such as the Savannah River Site, Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Pacific Northwest National Laboratory computational scientist and biological physicist Margaret Cheung has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary …
RICHLAND, Wash.—A research effort to explore how artificial intelligence can offer an advantage to cyber defenders has made the leap into computing operations at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. “Every large company has a …
As technology evolves, the demand for domestic critical materials—such as nickel—continues to increase beyond what can be practically sourced using traditional mining methods. Researchers are exploring alternative, previously unconsidered nickel sources, …
For years, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have tackled wildfire threat from the field—observing how wildfires spread and studying the combination of conditions that help them ignite and how to make …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Buildings researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have released a new AI-driven, autonomous bot that could help speed up the energy modeling process for commercial building construction. Long before …
The Science Researchers do not fully understand how microbial species in soil interact to drive important functions such as organic matter composition and persistence, plant growth promotion, or soil stabilization and biocementation. One process that can …
By optimizing microorganisms that could bolster production of high-value fuels, chemicals, and materials, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers are compressing the time from lab experiments to commercial biotechnology readiness. The …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Two technologies from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have won 2026 Federal Laboratory Consortium Awards. FLC Awards annually recognize federal laboratories and industry partners for pushing scientific …
A great scientist, Marie Curie, once said, “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” Inspired by the opportunity to contribute to post-war efforts, called to action after …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Two parallel experiments in protein self-assembly produced strikingly different results, demonstrating that protein designers should consider incorporating physical forces now missing from even Nobel-prize-winning protein design algorithms …
RICHLAND, Wash.—Open-source graphics processing unit (GPU) acceleration is coming to quantum-classical computing through a framework being developed by a team at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory using NVIDIA NVQLink. …
For science to take advantage of AI’s blazing speed, science experiments and data analysis need to keep pace. At Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), we see the future, and it is self-driving autonomous laboratories. The science of tomorrow does …
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) was once again honored with the Handshake Early Talent Award, recognizing the laboratory as one of the nation’s top employers for recruiting emerging professionals. The award highlights PNNL’s sustained …
Subject matter experts from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) engaged representatives from the Republic of Namibia to strengthen legal frameworks covering counterproliferation financing and operational capacities to address proliferation finance …
Kyle DeSomber, hydropower advisor at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Northwest Hydroelectric Association (NWHA). NWHA is a regional trade association that brings together hydropower …
Matteo Muratori, director of transportation and industry programs at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has been named to the 2026–2028 cohort of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s New Voices Program for Emerging …
The Science Polymer additives, such as polyethylene oxide (PEO), are widely used to enable smooth electrode deposition for electrochemical systems, including zinc-based batteries. However, exactly how these additives regulate morphology is unclear. …
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